Chapter One: Prayer
"Totus tuus ego sum
et omnia mea tua sunt.
Accipio te in mea omnia!"
I am entirely yours,
and all that I have is yours.
Be my guide in all things.
The Church exists for prayer I would like to speak to you about the
call to prayer. We have meditated on these words of Jesus:
"Pray that you may have strength...to stand before the Son of man." And we welcome again today the call to prayer that comes from Christ himself to each of us and to the whole Church.
The call to prayer places the Church's full commitment in the proper perspective. In 1976, Paul VI, speaking of the "call to commitment," declared that
"in the tradition of the Church every call to action is first of all a call to prayer." These words have great significance today, too. They are a stimulus for the Church everywhere in ...
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